Posts by Invited Guest Blogger
Farm Culture in Suburbia?
Moving away to college taught farmer’s daughter Bobbi Kleinschmidt how much she cherished the values instilled on that family farm. Work ethic, appreciation for food production and respect for the environment were expected. She writes about trying to create this culture for her children today – a tough task in a suburban setting.
Read MoreIs Talk Cheap in Farm Animal Welfare?
Finding the best possible farm animal welfare solution can be an often controversial, emotional and complex effort. But rather than shy from the challenge, guest blogger Tim Amlaw is encouraged that people are talking, whether it be in legislatures, on social media or across the fence.
Read MoreSavvy Chicken Suits: Defining the Food Story
Guest blogger Lara Durben has had animal rights extremists throw a rock through her window, participated in a meeting with a HSUS employee who was an Illinois 4-H farm kid and found activists are much savvier than wearing chicken suits on sidewalks. She offers perspective on how poultry organizations have utilized speaker bureaus to empower their producers, participated in social media and how you can blur work and personal life to maximize impact.
Read MoreFarmers: you don’t need me to tell your story
Editor and farm journalist Susan Crowell writes in this guest agvocate post that your “local community” is now as wide and deep as you want to make it. She notes to farmer and ranchers: your voice and your stories give others a bigger lens through which they can now view agriculture. Just like sharing a story at the coffee shop with the city councilman. As you make those connections, a wonderful thing happens: conversations that bridge the gap of misunderstanding. On both sides.
Read MoreSmall Farmer Talks Rabbits & Chickens on Social Media
A small farmer in Alabama talks about the diversity of agriculture. Jan Hoadley in Alabama highlights how social media allows people far from their food source to see options in agriculture and how their food is grown. She tells how her small operation relies on communications tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogging and even videos to tell others about their chickens an rabbits.
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